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West Chester Reacts To Blizzard-That-Wasn't
Many say they're upset that forecasters and public officials overestimated the impact of Tuesday's storm.
Many local and state residents have taken to social media and other outlets to voice concerns regarding predictions of the blizzard-that-wasn’t.
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Gov. Tom Wolf issued a disaster emergency for the state on Monday, and many local municipalities declared snow emergencies.
Forecasters were predicting up to 2 feet of snow for the region, but nothing close to that fell -- 3.3 inches in King of Prussia, 2.5 inches in Phoenixville and 2.0 inches in Wynnewood.
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Meteorologists took to Twitter to apologize for their predictions Tuesday.
The criticism comes just as outlets such as the Weather Channel and the National Weather Service are saying that more snow could be coming Pennsylvania’s way.
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The National Weather Service has een issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook, saying that light snow will fall across eastern Pennsylvania on Thursday and Friday, but a bigger storm with a snow-and-rain mix will be coming Sunday night and Monday morning.
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